Chapter Summaries

S.H.I.E.L.D. investigated the enormous crater left by Dilos's attack, but Coulson ruled him out as the source of its unusual radiation. Back on Isla Sorna, Dilos struggled with the time needed to make Vanguard Serum for powerful fighters until Tony summoned him to see his new armor, which glowed green.

• Coulson and Barton inspected the fifty-kilometer crater and discussed whether Dilos or aliens had caused it.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. detected radiation that briefly promoted cellular activity, but the energy dissipated before investigators could collect any.
• Dilos discovered that making Vanguard Serum for stronger people required exponentially more energy and time, so he focused on training fighters at other levels.
• JARVIS told Dilos that Tony had gone green and wanted him to visit, prompting Dilos to teleport to Stark Mansion.
• Dilos saw Tony wearing red, gold, and white armor surrounded by a green quantum force field, with a glowing grassland-like helmet, and backed away as Tony complained that he had not knocked.

Tony completed the first functional Bleeding Edge Armor after Dilos calibrated his equipment, then tested its strength and flight. Dilos gave Tony a custom Vanguard Serum to prepare his body for the armor’s power, and Tony accepted it while vowing to build armor that could enhance human abilities.

• Dilos recognized that Tony’s green quantum field was a failed Alpha Quantum Fieldization and teased him about it, prompting Tony to ask for help calibrating his equipment.
• Dilos returned after Tony apologized and brought calibration equipment, helping him complete a red quantum field around the Cybertronian-metal armor.
• Tony tested the Bleeding Edge Armor by punching Dilos, who caught the blow and measured its force at five thousand tons.
• Dilos gave Tony a pair of compact wrist guards using Cybertronian spatial folding technology and a custom Vanguard Serum.
• Tony reluctantly accepted the serum, which Dilos said could raise his physical abilities to roughly 280 to 300 times their current level, and vowed to build armor that enhanced the human body.

Ivan Vanko secretly built remotely controlled combat robots for Justin Hammer while plotting revenge against Tony. Meanwhile, Selene advanced rapidly in her martial arts training, and Dilos renamed the New Undead Clan the Eternal Dragon Clan as he prepared to distribute Vanguard Serum.

• Ivan Vanko told Justin Hammer that the robots could only be displayed, not flown or fired, then ended the call and focused on his energy whip.
• Ivan recalled his family's hatred of the Starks and explained that he had used Hammer's rescue only to pursue his own revenge.
• Selene struggled with her feelings for Dilos and distracted herself by training, reaching the An Jin realm after rapidly condensing vital energy.
• Selene met Dilos and accompanied him to the underground military camp, where warriors rode Velociraptors and pterosaurs.
• Dilos told Selene to prepare the warriors for a bulk distribution of Vanguard Serum and declared that the New Undead Clan would henceforth be called the Eternal Dragon Clan.

Justin Hammer brought his Iron Man soldiers and military-backed armor to the Stark Expo to outshine Tony, but Ivan Vanko seized control of the machines and attacked the venue. Qin Jiayin protected the crowd while Dilos Sullivan helped stop the threat and had Justin arrested, then moved to claim Hammer Industries’ assets.

• Justin Hammer used Ivan Vanko’s technology and the military’s Iron Man armor to prepare a public showcase meant to surpass Tony Stark and secure a long-term military contract.
• Ivan Vanko escaped custody, killed Justin’s guards, and took control of the Iron Man soldiers and armor, sending them to attack Tony and the Stark Expo audience.
• Qin Jiayin raised a star-colored barrier over the venue, while Dilos Sullivan destroyed Iron Man soldiers with his eye lasers.
• Dilos brought police officers through a spatial passage and had Justin arrested, preventing him from explaining or resisting.
• Dilos contacted Emma and his subordinates to seize Hammer Industries’ assets, then praised Qin Jiayin’s growing power and kissed her forehead.

After meeting Qin Jiayin’s parents and setting their wedding for two months later, Dilos guided her through further cultivation until she achieved soul and became a formidable powerhouse. With Qin Jiayin now safe from the parasitic consciousness, Dilos turned his attention to his own affairs.

• Qin Jiayin’s parents welcomed Dilos, and Qin Jiayin’s marriage to him was scheduled for two months later.
• The Superpowered Guard Team’s combat members advanced to Hua Jin, established their foundations, and received Vanguard Serum, greatly strengthening their abilities.
• Qin Jiayin entered the realm of minutia, mastered the Synthetic Bio-Field, and gained a powerful starlight-patterned form.
• Dilos devoted himself to helping Qin Jiayin achieve soul, and she completed the breakthrough after half a month.
• Dilos gave Qin Jiayin methods for using soul power and Vanguard Serum, then turned to his own affairs.

Dilos met Optimus Prime and the Autobots, who came seeking the AllSpark. He refused to return it, claiming it had fused with his heart, and asked them to wait while he searched for a way to separate it safely.

• Dilos welcomed Optimus Prime and seven other Autobots to S.T.A.R. Labs, where they demanded to know how Thundercracker came to serve him.
• Dilos said Thundercracker had joined him after a friendly exchange, and Thundercracker declared that serving Dilos was an honor.
• Optimus Prime introduced the Autobots, the Decepticons, and Cybertron, then asked Dilos to return the AllSpark.
• Dilos transformed his body to imitate the AllSpark's shell and claimed that the artifact had fused with his heart, making its removal fatal.
• Dilos offered to help the Autobots while he studied the AllSpark and asked Optimus Prime to give him time to find a safe way to separate it.

Dilos and the Autobots began cooperating after Optimus Prime accepted that the AllSpark was inside Dilos, and shared several of its function passwords with him. Dilos supplied the Autobots with a base and materials, repaired Bumblebee’s voice box, and gained valuable Energon and ammunition technologies for his own plans.

• After examinations confirmed the AllSpark was inside Dilos’s heart, Optimus Prime agreed to Dilos’s request, though the other Autobots remained hostile toward him and Thundercracker.
• Optimus Prime explained that Megatron had stayed in the solar system to gather forces and still intended to conquer Earth, which he viewed as a potential second Cybertron.
• Optimus Prime gave Dilos three AllSpark function passwords, including instructions for synthesizing Energon and using mass-energy conversion to produce weapons.
• Dilos gave the Autobots Justin Hammer’s arms factory as a base and used the AllSpark to Cybertronize metal for their supplies.
• Dilos realized the Energon and ammunition technologies would greatly benefit his own operations, especially his future space carrier.
• Dilos used the AllSpark energy in his body to repair Bumblebee’s voice box, delighting the Autobots.

Dilos used Vibranium ore to upgrade eight Autobots, greatly strengthening their bodies and combat abilities while Optimus Prime unlocked two new upgrade codes. The Autobots joined Dilos’s plans to resist alien invasions, and Dilos wondered what to call their newly empowered group.

• Dilos upgraded eight Autobots with Vibranium ore, earning their gratitude and recognition.
• Optimus Prime unlocked codes that let Cybertronians alter their size and mass and gain three alternate forms.
• The upgrades gave the Autobots flight capabilities and enough power for any one of them to crush Megatron.
• Optimus Prime explained how Megatron had drained the AllSpark and how it had eventually been lost before reaching Earth.
• The Autobots joined Dilos’s anti-invasion plans, and Dilos wondered what their group should be called.

Dilos explained the Guardians Alliance to Tony as a small, powerful organization overseeing Earth’s superhero groups and responding to extraordinary threats. Tony agreed the plan was feasible, and Dilos outlined its four members while explaining why Bruce Wayne would not be invited.

• Tony complained that Dilos had delayed introducing him to the Autobots, and Dilos reminded him that he had been busy with Pepper at the time.
• Dilos described the Guardians Alliance as Earth’s final defense against extraterrestrial threats, with authority over organizations such as the Avengers Initiative and strict standards for its members.
• Dilos told Tony that the alliance had four members: Dilos, Tony, Dr. Curt Connors, and Lex Luthor.
• Tony suggested inviting Bruce Wayne, but Dilos rejected the idea because Bruce’s beliefs differed from theirs and he would secretly prepare plans against the alliance.
• Tony asked how Dilos knew Bruce so well, and Dilos said he had watched him for a long time and learned about his training from his teachers.

Jack Milton secured justice and compensation for himself and his men, who chose to remain with Dilos rather than return to the military. On Mars, Megatron found Dark Energon and injected it into himself, transforming as its power surged through his body.

• Jack Milton presented the evidence against the officials who framed him and his men, and President Dean ordered the case handled.
• Jack left the White House resolved that he and his men would not return to the military and would continue working for Dilos.
• Megatron used the Space Bridge to search ancient Cybertronian sites and found a massive crystal of Dark Energon.
• Starscream warned Megatron that Dark Energon could harm Cybertronians, but he broke off a piece and placed it in his Energon intake mechanism.
• Dark Energon coursed through Megatron, covering his armor in purple patterns and turning his crimson optics violet.

Megatron enhanced himself with Dark Energon and an Alpha Quantum Field as Dilos rapidly mastered Kamar-Taj magic. After returning to his base, Dilos learned that Decepticons had stolen the Tesseract and Kryptonian meteors carrying Green Kryptonite were approaching Earth.

• A colossal being sensed the Dark Energon in Megatron and sped toward the depths of the universe.
• Megatron absorbed Dark Energon, activated an Alpha Quantum Field that multiplied his abilities, and ordered the Decepticons to seize the Tesseract.
• Dilos freed X-23, entrusted her to Qin Jiayin after requiring her Adamantium claws to be removed, and went to Kamar-Taj to study with the Ancient One.
• Dilos mastered nearly all Kamar-Taj magic within days, while the Ancient One warned him against pursuing godhood and Kaecilius watched him jealously.
• Dilos returned to his Isla Sorna base and learned that Decepticons had stolen the Tesseract and that meteors containing Green Kryptonite were heading toward Earth.
• Dilos recognized the Green Kryptonite as a sign that the Kryptonians had arrived.

Fifteen years after the previous meteor shower, Dilos defended Smallville from a much larger attack and destroyed the meteors with his eye beams. Four Kryptonian spacecraft emerged from the cleared sky, carrying fifteen powerful Kryptonians, and Dilos prepared to face them.

• As Smallville evacuated, Dilos stayed behind while the Superpowered Guard Team took positions around town and helped protect the Kents and Chloe.
• Dilos used his bio-field to carry the reckless reporters more than a hundred kilometers away, then returned to face the incoming meteor swarm.
• Dilos transformed into battle mode and swept the sky with his laser beams, destroying the meteors before they could devastate Kansas.
• Four Kryptonian spacecraft appeared after the meteor shower was destroyed, and Dilos sensed fifteen Kryptonians inside who were far stronger than most of his team.
• Dilos laughed and said that fifteen Kryptonians would do, readying himself for the battle.

Dilōs defeated the Kryptonians aboard their main ship and immobilized the crews of their escort ships while the Superpowered Guard Team fought the remaining invaders. After taking control of the ship, he prepared to expand Earth’s collection of alien artifacts.

• Dilōs infiltrated the Kryptonian main ship and punched three Kryptonians through its walls toward the Superpowered Guard Team’s landing site.
• Dilōs redirected the remaining Kryptonians’ attacks against one another and sent them flying out of the ship.
• Dilōs knocked the last Kryptonian aboard the main ship unconscious and warned that Earth had become dangerous even for gods.
• Dilōs immobilized the Kryptonians aboard the three escort ships with his soul power while the Superpowered Guard Team battled other Kryptonians one-on-one.
• Dilōs hacked the main ship’s information systems and told Dr. Connors to prepare for their growing collection of alien artifacts.

The Superpowered Guard Team fought the Kryptonian warriors above Smallville while Dilos kept Qin Jiayin from intervening so the team could gain experience in humanity’s first war against powerful aliens. After demonstrating their evolved abilities, the Guard Team unleashed their full power and crushed the Kryptonians, leaving them battered on the ground.

• The Superpowered Guard Team members moved the battle into the sky and fought the Kryptonians as their attacks devastated Smallville below.
• Dilos stopped Qin Jiayin from helping the team, believing the warriors needed to build confidence and resolve by fighting on their own.
• Piotr, John, Kuya, Christina, Kitty, Bender, and Kate used their enhanced abilities and combat skills to hold their opponents at bay.
• Qin Jiayin tested her evolved powers against four Kryptonians, striking them with star-colored energy and transforming into different elements.
• The Guard Team entered Extreme Mode and overwhelmed the Kryptonians, who ended the battle battered on the ground as the team stood chatting and laughing.

After the Kryptonian invasion, Dilos and Lex helped rebuild Smallville while Dilos expanded the Superpowered Guard Team and managed its growth. As Dilos postponed his wedding to handle Earth's defense, an ancient-looking hammer fell in New Mexico.

• Dilos poured money into rebuilding Smallville, and Lex also funded the reconstruction, helping transform the town into a high-tech city.
• Dilos built a Superpowered Guard Team branch and training camp, explained the team's powers as the result of a super-soldier experiment, and arranged plans for branches across the United States.
• Dilos restricted new recruits to moderate serum enhancements and forbade Vanguard Serum and Guoshu potential development.
• Chloe, Clark, Kara, Tony, Lex, Selene, and the Superpowered Guard Team members took on new responsibilities, while Dilos and Qin Jiayin postponed their wedding.
• Dilos prepared to gather Earth's powerful nations to establish an orbital defense perimeter, while an ancient-looking hammer landed in New Mexico.

Diloss arrived in New Mexico to study Mjolnir and used overwhelming strength to overcome Odin’s enchantment and lift it. The hammer’s power transformed his senses and brought Odin’s attention to him, leaving Diloss facing the furious god across the stars.

• Diloss reached Mjolnir before the other powerful figures and decided to test whether he could lift it.
• Diloss failed to move the hammer with his ordinary strength and then with his vital energy, Demon Dragon Transformation, and Cybertronian Refined Gold Transformation.
• Diloss combined his energy-control abilities to raise his strength to one hundred trillion tons and forcibly lifted Mjolnir.
• Lightning struck Diloss and awakened a new power that heightened his senses and battered the barrier to his genetic evolution.
• Diloss saw Odin in a vision, and Odin demanded to know why a Midgard mortal had forcibly lifted Mjolnir.

Dilos’s attempt to lift Mjolnir brought him into conflict with Odin, until Ancient One intervened and negotiated an end to the confrontation. Afterward, Dilos realized that studying the hammer’s power could be dangerous and resolved to grow stronger as Earth faced mounting threats.

• Odin accused Dilos of having hidden motives for lifting Mjolnir and overwhelmed him with spiritual pressure, but Dilos challenged Asgard’s authority over Earth.
• Kamar-Taj raised a barrier around Earth, and Ancient One projected herself into the Asgardian palace to confront Odin and defend Dilos.
• Ancient One warned Odin against fighting Earth while dealing with Thor’s conflict in Jotunheim, and Odin agreed to end the dispute if Dilos put Mjolnir down and Thor could remain on Earth.
• Back on Earth, Dilos released Mjolnir after sensing its power might trigger a dangerous change in his genetic evolution.
• Dilos explained to Ancient One why he had studied Mjolnir instead of accepting a magical artifact, and she agreed to use the Sanctums to block Asgardian surveillance.
• Dilos reflected that Earth faced growing dangers from Kryptonians and Asgardians and that he needed to gain more power.